Putting Transformers to shame

Rating: 9/10 (12 July 2013)

Transformers was an amazing movie. When it first came out, it was a blockbuster movie. Everyone was talking about it, everyone bought the toys, everyone couldn't wait for a sequel.
For quite some time, Transformers was left unchallenged. I mean really, that movie has a cult following. To challenge it would be stupid. Or is it?
Pacific Rim proves that Transformers does not monopolize the giant robot/action/CGI movie industry. When I first watched it, I noticed two things: (1) The storyline was very predictable (2) I didn't care about '(1)', because most of time my face looked like this -> =O or =D
Transformers had the wow factor, but it is a kid's movie compared to Pacific Rim. But the main reason I'd rate this movie 9 stars is because it brought the whole "Godzilla" and "King Kong" monster movies back in to limelight. They made evil mindless giants destroying cities cool again.
Whats even better, this time, we fight back with giants of our own. If you're like me, you've played games like "Mech Warrior" or "Gears of War", then you will definitely love this movie. The giant robots are controlled by humans, like the giant robots in "Power Rangers" but 1000 times cooler.
In my opinion however, the main selling point of this movie is the fact that Guillermo del Toro really stretched the limits of his imagination this time, fusing the Eastern "Godzilla" with the Western "King Kong" and adding a pinch of "Alien", creating his "Kaiju". He reflects these monsters with the robots too,creating "Jaegers". The wow factor in this movie is definitely that, combined with the amazing graphics. The tacky lines like the part where Mako Mori says "For my family!" before slashing the Kaiju or the part where Raleigh says "We're out of options" when they had a blade they didn't use until halfway through the movie, may make you frown a little when watching it. But that's all it does. You just frown. A little. You're still going to enjoy the movie, it really doesn't change anything.
Ultimately, this movie is definitely going to be a classic. It doesn't matter what you may think, it's a movie that people will watch again and again, just to watch some robots beat the crap out of monsters. It is in the same league as the legendary "Godzilla" and "King Kong", and Guillermo del Toro is indeed deserving of awards (which I am sure he will get) for creating such a masterpiece.
He has indeed, done it again.